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slothrop lemmy.ca slothrop@lemmy.ca
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“DOGE deposition videos in Depositions for MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit About the NEH,” the title of the page on the Internet Archive reads. The page says the files were uploaded on Saturday. On the Data Hoarder subreddit, multiple users said they had downloaded a torrent of the videos. Once a torrent of files has been shared, it becomes much harder to fully delete off of the internet because its distribution has been decentralized. 404 Media verified that the torrent did contain the DOGE deposition videos.

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bad1080 piefed.social bad1080@piefed.social
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what are the "DOGE Deposition Videos"?

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DraconicSun piefed.social SalamenceFury@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-20
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

what are the "DOGE Deposition Videos"?

Basically some videos were posted of the DOGE goons being interviewed under oath by a judge, and throughout the entire videos they act and look like complete fucking sociopaths swearing they didn't do anything wrong and straight up confessing they didn't know what they were cutting money for, just that Elon told them it had to go so they did it.

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reallykindasorta slrpnk.net reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-04-19
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what are the "DOGE Deposition Videos"?

The depositions come from a lawsuit the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association brought against the National Endowment for the Humanities and others over its cutting of hundreds of millions of grants. DOGE members Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh were a driving force behind those cuts. The deposition videos, which the MLA uploaded to YouTubeearlier this month, included depositions of Fox, Cavanaugh, and NEH officials Adam Wolfson and Michael McDonald.

The videos went viral when 404 Media and other outlets reported on their contents and clipped certain segments. Those included Fox not being able or unwilling to define DEI.

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America sh.itjust.works Gullible@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-09
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

Basically some videos were posted of the DOGE goons being interviewed under oath by a judge, and throughout the entire videos they act and look like complete fucking sociopaths swearing they didn't do anything wrong and straight up confessing they didn't know what they were cutting money for, just that Elon told them it had to go so they did it.

They just seemed like incredibly stupid criminals. The most fallible idiots that musk could muster from le twtiter armie. It was wholly expected, at least by me. Hitler did the same thing with the brown shirts. Just take some prospectless doofuses, make them feel important, and point them in a direction.

I hate everything so goddamn much.

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foodandart lemmy.zip foodandart@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-10-07
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GOOD! Nothing may happen to the turds until Trump is out of office but when the axe falls, I hope every lqst one of the little shits loses their heads.

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KaKi87 jlai.lu KaKi87@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-11-18
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That's a nice unintended pun for a publisher named "404media" to talk about removed stuff being backed up

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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-23
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The depositions come from a lawsuit the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association brought against the National Endowment for the Humanities and others over its cutting of hundreds of millions of grants. DOGE members Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh were a driving force behind those cuts. The deposition videos, which the MLA uploade...

Seems so fucking obvious you are the asshole and on the wrong side of history when the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association are coming after you.

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bad1080 piefed.social bad1080@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-27
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Basically some videos were posted of the DOGE goons being interviewed under oath by a judge, and throughout the entire videos they act and look like complete fucking sociopaths swearing they didn't do anything wrong and straight up confessing they didn't know what they were cutting money for, just that Elon told them it had to go so they did it.

thank you for the explanation!

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Chulk lemmy.ml Chulk@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-10-11
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They just seemed like incredibly stupid criminals. The most fallible idiots that musk could muster from le twtiter armie. It was wholly expected, at least by me. Hitler did the same thing with the brown shirts. Just take some prospectless doofuses, make them feel important, and point them in a direction. I hate everything so goddamn much.

These little shits are too young and dumb to realize that they are just patsies for Elon Musk and Trump. I hope to see everyone involved with DOGE behind bars some day. I hope Elon sees much worse.

We haven't even seen the worst ramifications yet of what DOGE has done.

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America sh.itjust.works Gullible@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-09
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These little shits are too young and dumb to realize that they are just patsies for Elon Musk and Trump. I hope to see everyone involved with DOGE behind bars some day. I hope Elon sees much worse. We haven't even seen the worst ramifications yet of what DOGE has done.

One of 3 things will happen in the future, and none of the 3 things will involve putting a wealthy man in any state of duress. The doge kids might see courtrooms, though!

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D_C sh.itjust.works D_C@sh.itjust.works
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Basically some videos were posted of the DOGE goons being interviewed under oath by a judge, and throughout the entire videos they act and look like complete fucking sociopaths swearing they didn't do anything wrong and straight up confessing they didn't know what they were cutting money for, just that Elon told them it had to go so they did it.

Ah, the "I was just following orders" defence.

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Big T lemmy.dbzer0.com BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-02-17
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Anyone got a link to the videos, the YouTube link in the article didn't work for me

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ToastedRavioli midwest.social ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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Seems so fucking obvious you are the asshole and on the wrong side of history when the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association are coming after you.

Mfs thought MLA was just a citation format from 8th grade English, but they fucked around and now theyre gonna find out

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trackball_fetish lemmy.wtf trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2026-02-20
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

Anyone got a link to the videos, the YouTube link in the article didn't work for me
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Fedpie sopuli.xyz Fedpie@sopuli.xyz
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#16 · (edited) Quote Reply

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In case anyone doesn't want to visit Reddit, here is the magnet link. The Reddit link is from the 404Media article, and here is a non-login-wall link to the 404Media article. It's also on the Internet Archive.

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moonshadow slrpnk.net moonshadow@slrpnk.net
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In case anyone doesn't want to visit Reddit, here is the magnet link. The Reddit link is from the 404Media article, and here is a non-login-wall link to the 404Media article. It's also on the Internet Archive.

How bout that magnet link, friend?

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Gates9 sh.itjust.works Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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Ah, the "I was just following orders" defence.

Aka the “Nuremberg Defense”

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Big T lemmy.dbzer0.com BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-02-17
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How bout that magnet link, friend?

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:GSP4QPJ2YFYNFXDJ7BFS2TLKOI2XW4UC&dn=Depositions%20for%20MLA-ACLS-AHA%20Lawsuit%20About%20the%20NEH&xl=6810123378&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.stealth.si%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftorrent.tracker.durukanbal.com%3A443%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fwepzone.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.wepzone.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3A451%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.theoks.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.srv00.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.filemail.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.dler.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.alaskantf.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker-udp.gbitt.info%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ft.overflow.biz%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.dstud.io%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fbittorrent-tracker.e-n-c-r-y-p-t.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftracker.zhuqiy.com%3A443%2Fannounce

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Big T lemmy.dbzer0.com BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-02-17
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In case anyone doesn't want to visit Reddit, here is the magnet link. The Reddit link is from the 404Media article, and here is a non-login-wall link to the 404Media article. It's also on the Internet Archive.

Got it, thank you!

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cecilkorik lemmy.ca cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-14
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I know I can probably find this specific link if I go hunting for it, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a community/tracker/source where these sort of videos and torrents tend to get posted. I'm curious about lots of political data dumps and leaks, particularly Epstein related stuff, and even conspiracy stuff sometimes, even though I'm not super into conspiracies sometimes it's interesting, and goddamn does Youtube get tiresome for that sort of content with its 'unaliving' and bleeping out 's**cide' and all the tedious censorship. The post mentions the data hoarder subreddit, which I've lurked around before but a) reddit sucks and b) I'm wondering if there are alternatives.

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BeardededSquidward lemmy.blahaj.zone BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-04
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Aka the “Nuremberg Defense”

AKA time to take matters into public hands defense.

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adr1an programming.dev anzo@programming.dev
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I know I can probably find this specific link if I go hunting for it, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a community/tracker/source where these sort of videos and torrents tend to get posted. I'm curious about lots of political data dumps and leaks, particularly Epstein related stuff, and even conspiracy stuff sometimes, even though I'm not super into conspiracies sometimes it's interesting, ...

ddosecrets.org

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Wilco lemmy.zip Wilco@lemmy.zip
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I have watched portions of the that have been put on YouTube. They hurt my brain. These idiots are actually destroying the Constitution and taking over... THESE idiots.

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katy ✨ piefed.blahaj.zone cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-06
#25 · (edited) Quote Reply

odd thing is i don't even care about it but i'm downloading and seeding it just to spite the government and elon.

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ɔiƚoxɘup lemmy.dbzer0.com quexotic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-12-31
#26 · Quote Reply

That's a nice unintended pun for a publisher named "404media" to talk about removed stuff being backed up

Yes. PUNintended.

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